Episode 16 - Juan Calixto (Hired Gun)

Welcome to the 16th episode of "Talkin' with Andrew and Chris"! We are back with another very special episode, today's guest is Juan Calixto, professional rock drummer and musician for hire!

Juan "Jay Cali" Calixto is a self taught drummer born and raised in Rochester, NY. Juan started playing the drums at age 11 and just a few short years later he would find himself playing in a band that would mold his career. Joining Rock band "A thousand Shades of cold, it was here where Juan landed his first record deal with Amherst records, licensed music to T.V. including UFC, Kung Fu Factory Games as well as A Nationally Released Debut Album with many many shows to follow.  Juan relocated to Los Angeles, CA in 2013 to explore more opportunities in music as a live, Touring and session player. With his Diverse playing ability, he was quickly a sought after player having played with LA based bands like Paper Chains, Australian top 10 Charting rock band "Dakara Dirt", as well as playing for Rapper TahMac and Redman among many others.  Juan has lent his talents to other LA Based Acts as a live/touring member such as "The Bad Dreamers" who are a Synth Wave Pop Band with a big buzz right now having toured with top acts in the genre such as, The Midnight, Fm-84 and others, with more tour dates coming in for may 2019 as well. In early 2018 Juan was also recruited to work with celebrity Tariq Nasheed, contributing live drums on his group "Mink Slide's" debut album, performing in his debut music video which has over 200,000 views and also perform for his live shows. The album "Egyptian Musk" debuted at #12 on Billboard R&B charts and top 10 on many other digital retailers. Juan Calixto has just wrapped up a 28 full U.S. tour with "Worldwide Panic" supporting "MushroomHead".

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